COPSEY v. BAER

No. CA 91 0912.

593 So.2d 685 (1991)

Kerry COPSEY and Cindy Copsey v. Michael S. BAER, III, Secretary of Senate of State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied February 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodor A. Schirmer, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Kerry & Cindy Copsey.

Charles William Roberts, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Administrator Research Services & Larry A. Bankston, & Donald G. Kelly, intervenors.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and CARTER, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

This appeal places at issue the relation between La. Const. art. III, § 8, which establishes a privilege for legislative "speech," and Louisiana's Public Records Law, LSA-R.S. 44:1-44, which ensures public access to "public records." This matter is res nova in Louisiana.

Facts

On October 31, 1990, plaintiffs, Kerry and Cindy Copsey (the Copseys), through their counsel of record, delivered a formal demand letter to Mr. Jerry Guillot...

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